Bixby Canyon Bridge Death Cab for Cutie
(Live)
Bixby Canyon Bridge
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs
This is meant to be an acoustic rendition of the song. The Bass line obviously does a
amount of "walking," but the root chords are good enough for playing on acoustic.
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-Verse A-
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[C]I descended a [Am]dusty gravel ridge[C]
Beneath the [Am]Bixby Canyon Bridge[C]
Until I eve[Am]ntually arrived[C]
At the [Am]place where your soul had died
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-Verse B-
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[F]Barefoot [C]in the [G]shallow [F]creek
I grab some [C]stones from [G]underneath[F]
C G F (hold an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me
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-Verse A-
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[C]In the silence it b[Am]ecame so very clear[C]
That you had [Am]long ago disappeared[C]
And I curse m[Am]yself for being surprised[C]
That this didn't[Am] play out like it did in my mind
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-Verse B-
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[F]All the way[C] from [G]San Francisco[F]
As I chas[C]e the [G]end of your rope[F]
'Cause I've sti[C]ll g[G]ot miles to [F]go
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-Verse C-
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[F]
I wan[C]t to know [G]my fa[F]te
If I[C] keep u[G]p this way[F]
Its har[C]d to w[G]ant to stay[F]
Aw - [Am]a - [E]y
[F]
Then ev[C]eryon[G]e you meet[F]
Will all seem[C] to [G]be aslee[F]p
And you w[C]onder if you're [G]missing your dre[D]am
You can't [F]see your dr[D]eam
You can't [F]see your dr[D]eam
Just can't [F]see your d[D]ream[F]
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-Chorus-
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Your [D]dr - e - [G]am.....[F]....
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| (Repeat x12, last 4 w/o lyrics) D|-----4-------5-(slide)-10-(hold)--| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|
For the next 7 progressions, alternate between these two Riffs, A B A B A B A
~~~Riff A~~~
[D] [G] [F]
E|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--| G|-----------------------------------5---------------| D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|
~~~Riff B~~~
[D] [G] [F]
E|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--| G|-----------------------------------5---------------| D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|
D G F F (with
bend)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-| G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------| D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| -------
-Outro-
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[C]
Then is [Am]started getting dark[C]
And I trudged back to [Am]where the car was parked[C]
No closer to [Am]any kind of truth[C]
Am (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you
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